04-18-2021, 11:18 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-18-2021, 11:21 PM by Scott41theMavs.)
(04-18-2021, 11:13 PM)dirkfansince1998 Wrote: Disagree. Just going by the numbers KP is actually having the best scoring efficiency of his career. First time in his career that his TS% is above league average. Best PER and BPM of his career. Big question. Why is his boxscore production not impacting the +/- numbers or win/loss column.
Big difference between the NY version and the current on is defense and that´s probably mostly about the injuries. Right now he really has no position on defense. Not strong enough to be an old school rim and post defender with great rebounding. Not quick enough to defend PFs or the perimeter. Pick and roll liability. Put a smaller and quicker guy next to him and opponents dominate the Mavs in the paint and on the boards. Put a more traditional big next to him and the perimeter and pick and roll defense collapses.
You're the only person I've seen in the past couple of months who has acknowledged the erroneousness of one of KL's major theses. KP wasn't always this bad on defense - he used to be a nail-to-hang-the-picture guy on defense. I'm not sure if it's a matter of other teams solving him, him playing scared, injuries affecting him physically, or the coaching staff using him wrong on that end. I'm thinking it's a combo of all four. In any event, he is simply done on that side of the floor. That makes me rather worried that KL is right with something he said much more recently (above, in fact) - we may not be able to get much at all back in trade for him. We can't just ride out his contract, though. That's a waste of the next three years of Luka.
(04-18-2021, 11:18 PM)cow Wrote: I don't have a lot of faith in the MBT executing either. I've been doing a lot of thinking about last years team and this years team and which one I think is better. Maybe it was just an outlier shooting season, but I'd take the previous years team. Maybe it's a push but it's hard to argue against the MBT being stuck in the mud with this team.
I've been thinking about Jalen a lot lately. He's made the biggest jump this season and is probably the lone bright spot beyond Lukamania. Are we confident we can resign him after next year? Would you consider trading him? New York seems to have interest. Though the Mavs and draft picks is nightmare fuel.
I would trade him for this year's pick back, or as part of a deal for Brogdon (which I've said over and over again also involves KP). Those are about the only scenarios I can countenance that it would be good to trade him.
I wouldn't mind seeing a whole new roster next year, top to bottom, with #77 being the only returning player.